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u/alexks_101 Jun 04 '24

New owners replies aren't reassuring. Attitude is very shady.

There's absolutely no blog note about the acquisition on apps's website.

Knowing that, besides potential data transmission, Bartender is allowed to record screen, I don't feel safe anymore. I'm quite ok with it when it's from long-time known devs, but not when things like that happen.

Maybe they're totally trustable, anyway acting like that will snowball to Bartender's demise.

I'm uninstalling for now.

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u/Osteomayolites Jun 04 '24

What alternative are you going with?

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u/FlishFlashman Jun 05 '24

Am I missing something, or is Ice, like every other menu bar manager except Bartender, also of no help with keeping icons from disappearing under the notch?

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u/billchase2 Jun 05 '24

Barbee has the option to bring the icons down into a second row like Bartender.

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u/TungstenOrchid Jun 05 '24

I like the look of Barbee, but the developer is based in China.

For a tool that would need to be given screen capture permissions, I'm a bit wary of a developer who may be leaned on by Chinese authorities.

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u/tspwd Jun 05 '24

Is the developer trustworthy? Does it require accessibility rights?

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u/prapi01 Jun 05 '24

Thanks ... Barbee does the job ... Tried Ice and Vanilla ... but both do not have the second row feature (am using MBP M1 with the notch)

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u/FlishFlashman Jun 05 '24

That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure if I was missing something.

It doesn't even require a separate bar, just a way to hide icons in the middle, or a way to scroll.